St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-18
THE CoLLOQUIAL CITIZEN.
Brief Conversations in Hotels and
on Streets


Albert Scheffer was seated behind his
polished rosewood desk in his new bank
ing apartments yesterday, with his Prince
Albert coat buttoned tightly about him
and Il serious look on his face He
always has time to talk to visitors. and
as Il GLOBE reporter dropped into a
chair by his side he threw down his pen,
ran his fingers through his hair and said
business was bang up. The general
outlook is good" said he. ''Of course
this time of the year it is unusually dull.
lis we are purchasing our goods in the
Eastern markets and paying for them
and have no produce to exchange. but
the prospects for big crops in the North
west are encouraging and the merchants
are confident. Collections are good
money is little close, but don't know
as there has ever been time when the
financial condition of the Northwestern
country has been better at this time of
the year than it is now"
'Ordway" Johnson lost his hat COM
ing in on the train Monday, and Dor
r0wed George Clason's Derby to wear
until he could find a Dunlap that would
fit his robust head. He found one about
1870 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1t
was blonde, and entirely devoid of
whiSkers, but it became the wearer
Splendidly, and he stood on the corner
near the Merchants where people could
size him up, and told about his travels
through Illinois. He had just returned
from trip through the rural districts
of that state, and said the people down
there were grooming over the hot
weather. that threatened to kill all their
crops. A genuine Kansas drouth is on
there, and the farmers are discouraged.
"Ordway" left for Aberdeen last night.
w. A. GOyer stood on the curbstOne
on Third street displaying his diamond
and four-ply smile in the sunlight. He
said that game of ball to be played by
amateurs on Decoration day on ST.
Anthony hill would be a good one, as
two crack batteries had been secured.
He said he thought he should take a
turn behind the bat himself. and insisted
that he could throw ball from home
plate to second base as well as any man
on earth. He announced that large
keg of beer would be placed on third
base, and every man who reached it
would be entitled to drink. This had
been decided upon to encourage the
boys in base running.
j. w. Marvin. 4 prominent Duluth
citizen, was at the Merchants yester-
day. He said real estate in the Zenith
City had taken fresh Start,dnring the
past week and Is now booming. Out
side capital is being placed. there, and
the business done by the real estate
dealers is for the great part commission.
There is feeling among the merchants
generally that the interstate commerce
law is going to benefit the city greatly.
He said the newspapers were reaping a
harvest as it is.
A. Weed and wife came down from
Ashland yesterday and took quarters at
the Ryan. Mr.. Weed says real estate in
Ashland is moving along quietly now,
but there is great expectation among
the dealers that when the summer sea
son has opened the coming in of wealthy
SOuthernerS will create another boom
that will probably make many rich and
others poor. The hotels and boarding
houses are now putting on their best bib
and tucker preparatory to the summer
season. which opens about June l.
Henry f. Sargent, of Chicago, at one
time one of the beSt-knOWn railroad men
in the country, was at the Merchants
yesterday. Mr.. Sargent was general
manager of the Northern Pacific road
for long time, and was president of
the Fargo Southern line at the time the
company was formed and until it was
completed. and it was through his
efforts and enterprise that the capital
was raised to build the road. Mr.. Sar-
gent is visiting the city on private
business. and spoke in the highest terms
of her advantages and prospects as the
coming metropolis of the Northwest
He has unbounded faith in her. He
has an impression that the interstate
commerce law will come to an early
DEATH